http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ programming-language <p>Any set of symbols and the rules for combining them which are used to specify to a computer the actions that it is to take; also referred to as a <em>computer language</em>.</p> Any set of symbols and the rules for combining them which are used to specify to a computer the actions that it is to take; also referred to as a computer language. http://swik.net/programming-language Development Software Programming programming-language Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:56:37 -0800 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:56:37 -0800 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/JRuby+1.1.4+Released/cc3u6 <p> <a href="http://jruby.codehaus.org/">JRuby</a> 1.1.4 has been <a href="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JRUBY/2008/08/28/JRuby+1.1.4+Released">released</a>. JRuby is a <a href="http://ruby-lang.org">Ruby</a> interpreter written in <a href="http://java.sun.com">Java</a>. </p> <p> This release includes: a refactoring of the Java integration layer, performance improvements, support for raising and handling Java exceptions directly from Ruby, reduced memory usage, initial Ruby 1.9 support, thread pooling improvements, bug fixes, and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/jruby_114_released_20080829_061321.html">JRuby 1.1.4 Released</a></p> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:54:30 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/l1sp.org+Announced/cc3u5 <p> <a href="http://l1sp.org">l1sp.org</a> has been <a href="http://xach.livejournal.com/186930.html">announced</a>. It is "a redirect service for Common Lisp documentation." </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/l1sporg_announced_20080829_061505.html">l1sp.org Announced</a></p> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:54:30 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Mosh+0.0.6+Released/cc3u4 <p> <a href="http://code.google.com/p/mosh-scheme/">Mosh</a> 0.0.6 has been <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.scheme/msg/42ad6bde8fb72148">released</a>. It is an R6RS Scheme interpreter. </p> <p> This release includes: performance improvements; the implementation of R6RS hashtables, records, exceptions and conditions, list utilities, enumerations; an improved internal error system; bugfixes; and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/mosh_006_released_20080829_061736.html">Mosh 0.0.6 Released</a></p> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:54:30 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Aug.+20+Haskell+Weekly+News+Available/cczwl <p> The <a href="http://sequence.complete.org/hwn/20080820">August 20, 2008 edition</a> of the <a href="http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/HWN">Haskell Weekly News</a> is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the <a href="http://haskell.org">Haskell</a> community. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/aug_20_haskell_weekly_news_available_20080821_060854.html">Aug. 20 Haskell Weekly News Available</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Scala+2.7.2+RC1+Released/cczwk <p> <a href="http://www.scala-lang.org">Scala</a> 2.7.2 RC1 has been <a href="http://www.scala-lang.org/node/280">released</a>. Scala is a statically typed, extensible, multi-paradigm language, offering object-oriented and functional support. </p> <p> This release includes: compiler support for the generation of generic signatures, support for combined Java/Scala projects, the first version of the ScalaSwing library, and new implementations of some collection classes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/scala_272_rc1_released_20080821_061015.html">Scala 2.7.2 RC1 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Python+2.6b3+Released/cczwj <p> <a href="http://python.org">Python</a> <a href="http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txt">2.6b3</a> has been <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/b943252f72417f57">released</a>. Python is a portable, dynamic, object-oriented language. </p> <p> This release includes: support for keyword arguments following starred arguments, bug and security fixes, documentation updates, and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/python_26b3_released_20080821_061234.html">Python 2.6b3 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Python+3.0b3+Released/cczwi <p> <a href="http://python.org">Python</a> <a href="http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/NEWS.txt">3.0b3</a> has been <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/b943252f72417f57">released</a>. Python is a portable, dynamic, object-oriented language. </p> <p> This release includes: bug fixes, the removal of the TarFileCompat class from tarfile.py, and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/python_30b3_released_20080821_061441.html">Python 3.0b3 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Ruby+Hoedown+2008+Videos+Available+Online/cczwh <p> It has been <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/4255146adcb11b49">announced</a> that <a href="http://rubyhoedown2008.confreaks.com/">videos</a> from <a href="http://www.rubyhoedown.com/">Ruby Hoedown 2008</a> are now available online. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/ruby_hoedown_2008_videos_available_online_20080821_061552.html">Ruby Hoedown 2008 Videos Available Online</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/2008+Workshop+on+Scheme+and+Functional+Programming+Call+for+Registration/cczwg <p> The <a href="http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/will/scheme2008/">2008 Workshop on Scheme and Functional Programming</a> has put out a <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.functional/msg/2aa134e3ec6fcb79">call for registration</a>. "The purpose of the workshop is to report experience with the programming languages known as Scheme, to discuss ideas for the future of Scheme, and to present research related to Scheme and functional programming." </p> <p> The workshop will be held on September 20, 2008, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/2008_workshop_on_scheme_and_functional_programming_call_for_registration_20080821_061641.html">2008 Workshop on Scheme and Functional Programming Call for Registration</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Ctpp+1.0.42+Released/cczwf <p> <a href="http://www.ctalklang.org/">Ctpp</a> 1.0.42 has been <a href="http://www.ctalklang.org/forums/?p=75">released</a>. It is a preprocessor for Ctalk, an object-oriented extension of C. </p> <p> This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/ctpp_1042_released_20080825_060912.html">Ctpp 1.0.42 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Frink+2008-02-23+Released/cczwe <p> <a href="http://futureboy.us/frinkdocs/">Frink</a> 2008-02-23 has been <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/frinklang/?branch_id=44076&amp;release_id=283483">released</a>. Frink is a language which allows for units of measurement to be tracked throughout calculations to help ensure correct answers. </p> <p> This release includes a rewrite of the Swing GUI. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/frink_20080223_released_20080825_061141.html">Frink 2008-02-23 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Ctalk+0.0.68a+Released/cczwd <p> <a href="http://www.ctalklang.org/">Ctalk</a> 0.0.68a has been <a href="http://www.ctalklang.org/forums/?p=83">released</a>. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C. </p> <p> This release includes: improved method argument expression analysis, performance improvements, and bug fixes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/ctalk_0068a_released_20080825_061320.html">Ctalk 0.0.68a Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/cfunge+0.3.0+Released/cczwc <p> <a href="http://rage.kuonet.org/~anmaster/cfunge/">cfunge</a> 0.3.0 has been <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/cfunge/?branch_id=73691&amp;release_id=283544">released</a>. It is a Befunge98 interpreter. </p> <p> This release includes: the addition of new fingerprints, code cleanups, and bug fixes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/cfunge_030_released_20080825_061536.html">cfunge 0.3.0 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Gambas+2.8.1+Released/cczwb <p> <a href="http://gambas.sourceforge.net/">Gambas</a> 2.8.1 has been <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=200808211314.59584.gambas%40users.sourceforge.net">released</a>. Gambas is a development environment and BASIC-like language implementation with object-oriented extensions. </p> <p> This release includes bug fixes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/gambas_281_released_20080825_061659.html">Gambas 2.8.1 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Next+Melbourne%2C+Australia+Ruby+User+Group+Meeting+on+Aug.+28/cczwa <p> It has been <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/19cd7bd305f0165b">announced</a> that the next meeting of the Melbourne Ruby User Group will be held on August 28, 2008. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/next_melbourne_australia_ruby_user_group_meeting_on_aug_28_20080827_061015.html">Next Melbourne, Australia Ruby User Group Meeting on Aug. 28</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Aug.+26+Python-URL%21+Available/cczv9 <p> The <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/6434961536811d0d">August 26, 2008 edition</a> of Python-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the <a href="http://python.org">Python</a> community. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/aug_26_pythonurl_available_20080827_061122.html">Aug. 26 Python-URL! Available</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Ruby+1.9.0-4+Released/cczv8 <p> <a href="http://ruby-lang.org">Ruby</a> 1.9.0-4 has been <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/3ca3059d95b851e7">released</a>. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language. </p> <p> This release includes: a new Encoding::Converter class, universal newline support, and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/ruby_1904_released_20080827_061243.html">Ruby 1.9.0-4 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Blue+1.6.2+Released/cczv7 <p> <a href="http://www.lechak.info/blue">Blue</a> 1.6.2 has been <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/bluelang/?branch_id=70284&amp;release_id=283688">released</a>. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language. </p> <p> This release includes: faster array creation and a SQLite plugin module. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/blue_162_released_20080827_061358.html">Blue 1.6.2 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Tcl%2FTk+8.6a2+Released/cczv6 <p> <a href="http://www.tcl.tk/">Tcl/Tk</a> 8.6a2 has been <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=48B2CFA3.8050801%40nist.gov">released</a>. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language. </p> <p> This release includes: a new [chan pipe] command, a new non-recursive evaluation implementation decoupling the Tcl evaluation stack from the C evaluation stack, new experimental commands, stack overflow protection in the regexp engine, bug fixes, and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/tcltk_86a2_released_20080827_061509.html">Tcl/Tk 8.6a2 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Frink+2008-08-25+Released/cczv5 <p> <a href="http://futureboy.us/frinkdocs/">Frink</a> 2008-08-25 has been <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/frinklang/?branch_id=44076&amp;release_id=283587">released</a>. Frink is a language which allows for units of measurement to be tracked throughout calculations to help ensure correct answers. </p> <p> This release includes improvements to the Swing-based GUI. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/frink_20080825_released_20080827_061730.html">Frink 2008-08-25 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/R+2.7.2+Released/cczv4 <p> <a href="http://www.r-project.org/">R</a> 2.7.2 has been <a href="https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-announce/2008/000847.html">released</a>. R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. </p> <p> This release includes: improvements to sprintf(), axis(), legend(), stripchart() and help.search(); and bug fixes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/r_272_released_20080827_061941.html">R 2.7.2 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Aspyct+1.0+RC2+Released/cczv3 <p> <a href="http://aspyct.sourceforge.net/">Aspyct</a> 1.0 RC2 has been <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/aspyct/?branch_id=75259&amp;release_id=283642">released</a>. It is a library that allows for aspect-oriented programming using <a href="http://python.org">Python</a>. </p> <p> This release includes: a full rewrite of the Aspyct engine, the addition of a debug mode, support for conditional advices, the addition of a prepare function, and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/aspyct_10_rc2_released_20080827_062127.html">Aspyct 1.0 RC2 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/EiffelStudio+6.3.7.4554+Released/cczv2 <p> <a href="http://dev.eiffel.com">EiffelStudio</a> 6.3.7.4554 has been <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/eiffelstudio/?branch_id=68296&amp;release_id=283685">released</a>. EiffelStudio is a cross-platform Eiffel implementation and development environment. </p> <p> This release includes: improvements to the STRING classes, syntactic support for attribute keywords, bug fixes, and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/eiffelstudio_6374554_released_20080827_062349.html">EiffelStudio 6.3.7.4554 Released</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:51 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/nwcc+0.7.6+Released/ccshj <p> <a href="http://nwcc.sourceforge.net/">nwcc</a> 0.7.6 has been <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/nwcc/?branch_id=63308&amp;release_id=283121">released</a>. nwcc is a portable C compiler targeting a variety of systems. </p> <p> This release includes: improved x86 and AMD64 support, and bug fixes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/nwcc_076_released_20080818_061217.html">nwcc 0.7.6 Released</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:11:02 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Vala+0.3.5+Released/ccshi <p> <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Vala">Vala</a> 0.3.5 has been <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/vala-list/2008-August/msg00080.html">released</a>. Vala "aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C." It offers features such as: interfaces, properties, lambda expressions, local variable type inference, and more. </p> <p> This release includes: notification on property changes by default, new and updated bindings, and bug fixes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/vala_035_released_20080818_061426.html">Vala 0.3.5 Released</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:11:02 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Ctalk+0.0.67a+Released/ccshh <p> <a href="http://www.ctalklang.org/">Ctalk</a> 0.0.67a has been <a href="http://www.ctalklang.org/forums/?p=74">released</a>. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C. </p> <p> This release includes: new methods of the String class, example program improvements, and bug fixes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/ctalk_0067a_released_20080818_061648.html">Ctalk 0.0.67a Released</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:11:02 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Seed7+2008-08-17+Released/ccshg <p> <a href="http://seed7.sourceforge.net">Seed7</a> 2008-08-17 has been <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.misc/msg/e95c6509c7fb6897">released</a>. Seed7 is a strongly-typed, general-purpose language, offering object-oriented capabilities, exception handling, user-defined statements and operators, plus more. </p> <p> This release includes: documentation updates, toUuencoded and fromUuencded functions in the encoding.s7i library, updated makefiles, bug fixes, and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/seed7_20080817_released_20080818_061814.html">Seed7 2008-08-17 Released</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:11:02 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Gambas+2.8+Released/ccshf <p> <a href="http://gambas.sourceforge.net/">Gambas</a> 2.8 has been <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=200808151657.11898.gambas%40users.sourceforge.net">released</a>. Gambas is a development environment and BASIC-like language implementation with object-oriented extensions. </p> <p> This release includes: support for compilation using GCC 4.3, IDE improvements, updated translations, bug fixes, and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/gambas_28_released_20080818_062026.html">Gambas 2.8 Released</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:11:02 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Tcl%2FTk+8.5.4+Released/ccshe <p> <a href="http://tcl.tk">Tcl/Tk</a> 8.5.4 has been <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/c9df5d0863fc9c5f">released</a>. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language. </p> <p> This release includes: restored support for compiling Tk against the latest header files from X.org, bug fixes, and other changes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/tcltk_854_released_20080818_062233.html">Tcl/Tk 8.5.4 Released</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:11:02 -0700 http://swik.net/programming-language/PLNews%3A+Programming+Language+News/Digital+Mars+D+1.034+Released/ccddo <p> <a href="http://www.digitalmars.com/d/">Digital Mars D</a> 1.034 has been <a href="http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/changelog.html#new1_034">released</a>. D is a general-purpose language designed as a successor to C++, offering features such as design by contract, garbage collection, first class arrays, closures, templates, and more. </p> <p> This release includes: support for array operations, and bug fixes. </p><br/><br/><p>From: <a href="http://plnews.org/posts/digital_mars_d_1034_released_20080813_060828.html">Digital Mars D 1.034 Released</a></p> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:10:01 -0700